Session topics

Cereal Chemistry and Safety

▪ Cereal Composition

▪ Biochemical bases for end-use quality

▪ Cereal biochemistry and functionality

▪ Cereal quality measurement

 Cereal Processing

▪ Primary processing for cereals : wheat, rice, maize, etc

▪ Secondary Processing : mixing, sheeting, extrusion, hydrothermal treatments

▪ Sensors, Control process and automatisation

▪ Value-added deep processing for cereals and co-products

▪ Novel processing technologies and new products of minor cereals and pulses

Oils & Fats Chemistry and Analysis

▪ Lipids analysis and composition variability

▪ Biotechnology of oils and fats

▪ Lipid oxidation and quality

▪ Safety, health and nutrition

Oils & Fats Processing and Utilization

▪ Processing of oilseeds, oils and fats

▪ Edible applications technology

▪ Comprehensive utilization of oilseeds and co-products

▪ Industrial applications and biofuels

▪ Global oils and fats industry and market

Eastern and Western Cereal Foods

▪ Western flour-based products baked

▪ Steamed bread and other breads in the oriental world

▪ Pasta and noodles

▪  Rice-based products

▪  Ingredient functionality and quality improvement

▪  Breakfast cereals and cereal-based snacks

Grain Storage

▪  Low temperature grain storage technology

▪  Air-control grain storage technology

▪  Pest control technology in grain storage

▪  High effective and low toxic fumigants and protectants for grain storage

▪  Physical PCO technology for grain storage

Cereal Food Nutrition and Health

▪ Nutritional and healthy diet

▪ Dietary fiber, aleurone, arabinoxylan, resistant starch, and whole grains foods

▪ Healthy ingredients of bioactive components from cereal grains

▪  New technologies for rice and wheat flour fortification

Global Food Security and Sustainable Development

▪ Global food security

▪  International grain market

▪  Organic food

▪  Non-conventional utilization of cereals

▪ Energy saving and emission reduction in grain industry

▪  Agricultural waste management and environmental sustainability

 Food Safety and Regulations
　

▪ Safety risk assessment in cereal-based food supply chain

▪ Food traceability and authenticity

▪ Food contaminants, toxicology and mycotoxins

▪ Food safety assurance and HACCP in cereal food processing

▪ Food allergy and GMO issues

▪ Food safety regulatory issues